Mara Leichtman, Michigan State University Senegal’s elections have been peaceful and the incumbent president, Macky Sall, has been reelected. For many this comes as no surprise. Senegal has long been a stable democracy in a
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WeiterlesenAndrew Edward Tchie, University of Essex South Sudan plunged into conflict in 2013 after President Salva Kiir accused his deputy Riek Machar of an attempted coup d’etat. After five years in which regional powers sought
WeiterlesenScott Lucas, University of Birmingham and Giovanni Piazzese, University of Birmingham During the 2013 coup which ousted Egypt’s elected president Mohammed Morsi, military leader General Abdel Fattah al-Sisi said: The armed forces have realised that
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